Railway-ticket



(No Model.)

W. A. THRALL. RAILWAY TICKET.

Patented June 1, 1886.

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N. PETERS, FhutLithographnr, Waehngion, D. C.

ATENT ENCE IYILLIAM A. THItALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-Ticket #SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,941, dated June 1, 1886.

Application filcrl February 24, 1R95. Serial No. 156.93l. (No mo'lcl.) x

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM a. THRALL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in RailwayTickets, of' which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l represents a hinged or folding cover, the same being open to display said ticket folded therein. Fig. 2 is a view of the outside front of' said cover when closed. Fig. V3 is a front edge view of said cover,showing the manner in which the ticket is folded therein. Fig. 4 is a pei spective view of the back of said cover with a portion of the ticket protruding therefrom; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one of the lids of said cover,showing the manner in which the same is constructed.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the different gures.

The object of my invention is to provide a continuous railway mileage-ticket which is constructed and arranged substantially in the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings,A represents a book-cover, made of paper, leather, or other flexible material, to the inside of which is pasted or otherwise secured one end of a long continuous strip or ribbon, B, of paper, said ribbon being folded alternately at the bottom and top of said cover, as shown in Fig. 3, until the whole is inclosed therein,in which position it is loosely retained by means of a rubber band, c, Figs.

land 3, or other equivalent device. Vhen thus folded, the free end of said ribbon is upon the top and in a position to be drawn ont between the lids of the cover, as at Z), Figs. 3

and 4, without disturbing the remaining portions of the folds. If desired, the entire sheet or ribbon may be thus withdrawn, fold upon fold, in regular consecutive order. Said strip or ribbon constitutes the ticket proper or mileage-record, while the same is preferably accom panied by and connected with the cover A, upon which is printed the conditions, number, Src., as hereinafter stated, thus forming a receptacle for the preservation of said strip or record and a means by which the same may be identified. Said strip B is divided into a series of consecutively numbered parallel spaces, which are numbered from one upwardly to any number desired, cachspace representing one figures, but preferably thc former.

For'convenience of computing mileage, every fifth, tenth, or other desired number of miles may be indicated by a heavy or colored line, or otherwise.

In the drawings, every fifth line is made heavy, and every fifth number enlarged, as clearly indicated inFig. 1, thus rendering it easy to determine at a glance the length of the strip necessary to detach in order to indicate the length of a given trip.

To enable the desired portion of said strip to be readily detached without danger of tearing the same irregnlarly,and thus injuring the ticket, I so construct said cover that the top may form a straight-edge. This is accommile of travel paid for by the ticket-holder, said spaces being indicated bylines, letters,or

plished by riveting or otherwise attaching flexible strips of metal b b', Figs. l and 3, to the top of said cover, or by placing iexible metallic sheets between the folds of the material forming the outside of said cover, as shown in section in Fig. 5, in which b represents the metallic sheet, while a indicates the covering, glued or otherwise attached thereto.

Iirdetaching a portion of said ticket to represent a given number of miles traveled, the end is first withdrawn from between the covers, as in Fig. 3, until the number desired upon the edge of the ticket indicates the proper space, which is brought in line with the straight-cdge,the back ofthe cover beingheld uppermost for this purpose, as in Fig. 3,there by presenting the face of that portion of the ticket which may be withdrawn. Thus, if the trip ofthe holder is ten miles, the end of the ticket is drawn out until the space between the tenth and eleventh lines appears and is in line with said straight-edge, when the lids of the cover may be pressed together by the thumb and finger, and the part detached by tearing it upon the straight-edge in the manner clearly indicated in said last-named ligure. Upon the front of the cover, as in Fig. 2, may be printed or written the style and number of the ticket, the names, respectively, of the holder and the company issuing it, a referencc to the conditions upon which itis issued, and the signature of said companys agent.

Upon the inside of the cover, opposite the ICO folded ticket, maybe printed or written the number, conditions, and signature of the holder, While upon the back may also appear the number and the Words Straightedge,77 as in Fig. 4.

Upon the face of the strip or ticket Iprefer to print between each of the heavy lines the number of the ticket corresponding with that on the cover and the initials or monogram of the railway company. These may be printed in light-colored inks, so that writing in pencil or ordinary ink may show plainly thereoven Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. A railway-ticket, B, consisting of a continuous' strip or ribbon divided into a series of consecutive numbered parallel spaces, and arranged in alternate folds within a flexible folding cover, A, provided with a metal straight-edge, substantially as shown and de- WILLIAM A. THRALL.

Witnesses:

D. H. FLETCHER, DAVID STEVENS. 

